Up and Down Wall Street

Fed Up With the Fed

Maybe we need a new pair of specs. But we were leisurely trolling the Internet Thursday when we spotted a headline that made us sit up and take notice. It read: "Obama and Boehner met for franks and talk," and we couldn't suppress a reflexive yelp of "Hot dog!" on the reasonable supposition they must have cut a deal that would get us past the infamous cliff that stood a mere 18 days from choking off the hesitant, nearly four-year-old recovery.